LETTER Y

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does letter y mean? 

• LETTER Y (noun)
  The noun LETTER Y has 1 sense:

1. the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

  Familiarity information: LETTER Y used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LETTER Y (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

letter y; wye; Y

Hypernyms ("letter y" is a kind of...):

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("letter y" is a member of...):

Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)